WME Flickr Focus: December 2013

With the turkey and mince pies just about digested, it's time to cast a post-Christmas glance in the direction of the West Midlands Exploration Flickr photostream to see what may or may not have been occurring of late. In truth there is not a lot to report, even allowing for my typically pedestrian rate of progress, and I can't really blame the festivities for the lack of update action... 

Nonetheless, there have been a few bits and pieces that have beaten the clock as it ticks down towards 2014. Top of the tree this time around is WME Birmingham, which jousts with the usual yuletide angels by providing views from Edgbaston (a cricket ground shot, two scenes from Constance Road plus a glimpse of the Ivy Bush pub), Rubery (the Morrisons supermarket at Great Park) and Blake Street Station. WME Dudley has also been forthcoming with the presents this year, hence we have two buses (the 265 at Merry Hill and the 298 at Stourbridge) plus a peek at the Sainsbury's store on Withymoor village. 

Less generous but still registering their attendance at the office party are WME Staffordshire (a look at Penkridge's station house, not forgetting the historic Essex Bridge near Shugborough Hall), WME Sandwell (the wreck that is the Forresters Arms off Spon Lane, West Bromwich) and WME Coventry (the city's railway station frontage with added taxis). Also on the guestlist are WME Wolverhampton, sporting a fetching shade of old gold courtesy of Molineux Stadium, and the oft-forgotten WME Solihull where Cheswick Green's local pub (The Saxon) jostles for a bit of attention. 

Of course, Christmas is also the time of year for meeting up again with distant friends and relations, and to that end we have a slight Welsh invasion to report from Exploration Extra. A 111 bus from Mold has tiptoed into view whilst Wrexham makes its photostream debut courtesy of the town's football ground and bus station. With that it's pretty much time to dismantle the tree and box up the decorations for another year, and I shall close with a resolution to try and be more forthcoming with the updates in 2014...